hey, what would you guys recomend for me as im looking to drop some body fat in getting ready for next football season. Any recomendations will be appreciated.
thanks
john
can you be a little more specific with your goals, where you are now, training routine, diet, what position you play…you might have posted some of this in another thread, but i forget which one??
Im 6’0 230, play linebacker. My diet has sucked since i live on campus at school and the choice of food is crappy. Ive decided to pretty much for then next 4 weeks to drink the majority of my meals in the form of meal replacement drinks, along with 2 whole foods meals a day. Like maybe a egg and cheese burrito and like a chicken salad. not much options when it comes to healthy food to eat on campus. When i get home it will be alot easier.
Coach H reccomended extra low impact cardio workouts (cycling). If you are an athlete focus on diet.
At what extent does he recomend the cycling in terms of frequency, duration, intensity and place in program. imediatley after lifting etc. I want to drop body fat for the next4-6 weeks, but i dont want it to make my weight and speed workouts suffer that much, then i will take the next 6-8 to focus on power, speed and specfic football skills and conditioing. thanks guys
Maybe you could try high intensity interval training or tabata. Google…
I think it’d be better to just fix diet and let the track workouts and tempo take care of body fat.
You could also do GPP for 4 weeks and include interval training and bodyweight circuits to lean out.
Diet is the key though as I am learning.
I know diet is key, but at school living on campus its close to impossible to eat clean, that was my idea of having 3-4 meal replacement shakes a day. Usually, i can easily lean out by eating semi clean (1-2 cheat days a week) and just training hard. Now though im looking for a little extra just for the next month or so
I live on campus…I know what you mean. It can be done though. Don’t have a diet consisting of MRPs. 2 cheat DAYS a week? That’s your problem.
Why do you all of a sudden have to drop weight in 4 weeks? If you eat decently and work out right, by the end of the summer naturally you should be at suitable playing weight.
Im saying that when im at home i eat fairly clean all week then cheat not badly but eat things i normally wouldnt eat and can still easily lean out, like that. I know its not the best about the MRP’s but i cant figure how i would eat well considering what we have on campus.
I dont have to drop fat for any specfic reason, other than i just got over a hamstring pull that put me out for about 3 weeks, so i accumlated some fat which i dont like and want to get rid of.
H said that the bike was good cuz it doesn’t break down the body like running, stairs, etc. Add in as an extra wkout 2-4x/week for around 30 min.
Regardless what you do, if your goal is lose body fat, and you are not predisposed to any genetic abnormalities that causes weight gain, the bottom line will always be to offset the positive caloric balance. In other words, Calories in is LESS than Calories out. I don’t care what kind of diet you are on, ie. The Zone, Atkins, Weight Wathchers, Jenny Craig whatever…you need to expend more than you take in.
Also, wildcats9, you said, “I want to drop body fat for the next4-6 weeks”, you need to understand that your body may not respond that quickly and thus not lose any body fat at all; although, you may experience weight loss. Your hormonal balance may change during this time which can cause a weight loss or not. Now, thats not to say that you won’t lose “any” body fat, but the key thing here is to maintain a constant chronic caloric expenditure overtime and you will see results. Be patient and diligent…
Here is the question to coach h
"If you were working with an athlete that needed to jumpstart some fatloss how would you structure their workout?
Number one for fat loss would be do do a basic dietary analysis of what the athlete eats for a 3 day period and the times of day he is eating. This I beleive would help tremendously - basic nutrition advise.
My extra work out plan for fat loss consists of non weight bearing cardio (eliptical, bike, stair stepper etc) 3-4 times per week after the main training sessions for 30 minutes at various intensities"